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Skadden was founded in New York in 1948 by Marshall Skadden, Les Arps, and John Slate. Joe Flom joined as its first associate that year, and Bill Meagher joined in 1959. The firm's history connects its growth to…
First-year comp
$225,000+
Market rate
Profits per partner
$7.01M
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is devoted to business litigation and arbitration. Its international office network extends across North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Australia, while maintaining a…
$235,000+
$9.54M
Wilson Sonsini's life sciences practice works with entrepreneurs, scientists, investors, and public and private companies. Its team includes lawyers, patent agents, and scientific advisers, reflecting the technical…
$3.74M
Morgan Lewis combines litigation, transactional advice, and regulatory services across an international platform. Its published offering includes corporate finance and investment management, business disputes,…
$2.27M
DLA Piper combines an international legal practice with an industry-based approach to client work. Its materials describe legal teams working across markets and overlaying practice expertise with sector knowledge.…
$4.14M
McDermott Will & Schulte advises on corporate transactions, investment management, litigation, tax, and restructuring. Its services also include intellectual property, employment, and regulatory matters.
$255,000+
$5.17M
K&L Gates combines legal and public policy capabilities across an integrated international platform. Its firm overview describes interdisciplinary teams working across offices, while its practice materials show how…
$1.63M
Greenberg Traurig is one of the largest and most entrepreneurial law firms in the world, and its growth trajectory over the past two decades has been remarkable. With approximately 3,200 attorneys in offices across…
Varies by office
$2.90M
Reed Smith organizes its practice around energy and natural resources, entertainment and media, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, and transportation. It combines those industry concentrations with…
$2.02M
Venable's practice combines regulatory compliance and government affairs with corporate transactions, intellectual property, and complex litigation. Its firm materials describe legal services delivered globally,…
$215,000
Base salary
$1.40M
Troutman Pepper Locke advises clients in energy, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, insurance and reinsurance, private equity, and real estate. Its services span transactions, litigation, and…
$1.85M
Fox Rothschild is a national firm whose practice combines a broad geographic network with office-level industry and client relationships. Its firm materials emphasize the connection between that larger platform and…
$205,000
$1.34M
Fish & Richardson is an intellectual property firm founded in 1878, with a practice spanning litigation, patent prosecution, and the management of intellectual property portfolios. Its work combines legal analysis…
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Faegre Drinker was formed in 2020 through the combination of Faegre Baker Daniels and Drinker Biddle & Reath, bringing together substantial Midwestern and East Coast practices. Corporate work, litigation, product…
$225,000
$1.61M
Polsinelli's healthcare work combines business transactions with real estate and regulatory advice. Its published representations include buying, selling, and growing healthcare businesses, with clients ranging from…
$3.07M
Cozen O'Connor combines a broad business-law practice with a distinctive history in insurance-related disputes. Subrogation and recovery are particularly visible parts of the firm: that practice seeks recovery from…
$180,000 - $215,000
$1.29M
Blank Rome began in 1946 when its founders established a practice after facing religious exclusion at existing law firms. That origin remains part of the firm's account of its identity and its commitment to people…
$210,000
$2.00M
Ballard Spahr combines litigation, transactions and regulatory advice with a substantial real-estate and finance practice. Its work includes development, land use, construction, housing, financing and disputes over…
$1.00M
Duane Morris is a full-service law firm with an international practice and a history extending over a century. Its client work covers both disputes and business advice, with established practices in trial work,…
$1.68M
Barnes & Thornburg grew from the 1982 merger of Indianapolis and South Bend firms, then added labor and intellectual-property boutiques as it expanded nationally. Its practice mix includes business disputes,…
$1.43M
Dorsey & Whitney dates to 1912 and combines a US practice with offices in Canada, Europe, and Asia. Its recruiting materials describe a firm built around service to clients, colleagues, and communities. For students,…
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani began in San Francisco in 1974 and established offices in all 50 states in 2019. Its service offerings span insurance, commercial litigation, employment, environmental, banking and…
Lewis Brisbois combines a nationwide litigation practice with transactional, contractual, and regulatory services. Its published firm materials emphasize liability defense, complex business disputes, and trial work,…
$1.23M
Womble Bond Dickinson operates through US and UK practices, with services spanning business, technology, intellectual property, and regulated industries. Its US recruiting materials distinguish general summer…